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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 6h

Finally hung this lovely Barbara Everard illustration on the wall today. Bought for £30 a couple of years ago. Annual Beard-grass Polypogon monspeliensis. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Further examination of this Symphyotrichum today. Even happier that it is indeed S. lanceolatum. Few hairs on leaf mid-rib, lines of hairs on ridged upper stems, stems reddish, dense growth form. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Small Toadflax Chaenorhinum minus, Black-bindweed Fallopia convolvulus, Mignonette Reseda lutea, Common Calamint Clinopodium ascendens, Stinking Fleabane Dittrichia graveolens, Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris. South Wonston, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've walked past this Michaelmas-daisy many times and only today plucked up the nerve to try an ID. Pretty sure this is Panicled Aster Symphyotrichum lanceolatum. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some very cooperative Ivy Bees Colletes hederae from a short afternoon mooch nr South Wonston, Hampshire today. On Ivy, as a matter of fact!

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Quiz Time. Seeds of a native British species (though these are from Continental stock), found on chalk in Southern England.

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The last of the Ivy-leaved Bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea near Furzley, New Forest. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Plenty of Small Fleabane Pulicaria vulgaris in the northern New Forest today. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Lesser Skullcap Scutellaria minor. Half Moon Common, New Forest today. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Still some dampness in the New Forest heathlands, so a few wetland species hanging on. Here's Pale Butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica. Half Moon Common, Hampshire. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One of the Digitaria Finger-grass species found on a Twickenham side street yesterday. Didn't cope well with being in my back pocket during the rugby game. Proper ID will have to wait, but most recent Digitaria record locally is - unbelievably - from 1991. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Quiz time. A striking pigment-deficient oddball in a local field margin in Hampshire this evening. Hopefully not too tricky. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Last minute invite to chat at at Countryside Management Association event today. A fab horde of rangers and land managers! Great to chat about the challenges of, and opportunities for, ambitious nature recovery at the superlative Hayling Island Oyster Beds, a crown jewel of a site.

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Bit gutted this year as my reliable, local, best-in-Hampshiresite for my plant fave - Field Woundwort Stachys arvensis- is a no-show. Luckily, I've had a few pop up in one of my planters at home. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Prostrate Pigweed Amaranthus blitoides from Hampshire's Test Valley at the weekend. Wasn't here two weeks ago but a bit of rain has made it pop up. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sea-heath Frankenia laevis at Gutner Point, Hayling Island yesterday. Growing on tussocks in the upper saltmarsh. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

TOADFLAX. PALE TOADFLAX. IT'S TOADFLAX.

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Pale Flax Linaria repens looking good at Worthy Down Halt nr Winchester. The local conservation volunteers were out doing their thing, and good on them. How many invaluable wild spaces are maintained by engaged volunteers dedicating their spare time to do good? @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yellow Glasswort Salicornia fragilis and Long-spiked Glasswort Salicornia dolichostachya. Two other 'species' that don't usually pose ID problems. Gutner Point, Hayling Island. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

One of easier Glassworts to identify: One-flowered Glasswort Salicornia disarticulata. Also its hybrid with Purple Glasswort S. ramosossima, Salicornia x marshallii. You'll have to take my word for it! Gutner Point, Hayling Island. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A lovely day with lovely people, leading a saltmarsh walk at Gutner Point, Hayling Island. Unfortunately, a day bookended by two unnecessarily arrogant, rude people who have left me slightly deflated and cross. Anyway, here's Sea Wormwood Artemisia maritima! Plants to the rescue!

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Alsike Clover Trifolium hybridum and Hedgehog Clover Trifolium echinatum flowering in a Hampshire field yesterday. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Aliens still visiting Hampshire. Both Small-flowered Star-thistle Centaurea diffusa and Yellow Star-thistle Centaurea solstitialis still flowering in this Lucerne crop. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

These guys are literally reading my mind. Inspiring stuff 🙌

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Round-leaved Fluellen Kickxia spuria, Sharp-leaved Fluellen Kickxia elatine, Small Toadflax Chaenorhinum minus, and Field Pansy Viola arvensis from an evening mooch. Chilcomb, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Standout abstract quote for me is 'Locally, patch quality (floral cover and species richness) was more important than patch size in promoting species richness of all pollinator groups and density of butterflies and wild bees'. Gives hope for small urban/suburban grassland patches.

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A Sparrowhawk livening up the morning from the bedroom window. Probably the most meaningful thing that's ever happened at the soulless gastropub next door 😅.

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Another #wildflowerhour #FavouritePlant was this Smooth Rupturewort Herniaria glabra I found in a planter in the centre of Ballater, Aberdeenshire in August. Undoubtedly an inadvertent introduction, just goes to show that anything can turn up anywhere. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Another #wildflowerhour #FavouritePlant was this gorgeous Hedgehog Clover Trifolium echinatum found in a Hampshire field in July. Second ever for Hampshire, last one over 60 yrs ago. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Can we have more than one #wildflowerhour #FavouritePlant? I hope so. Here's probably the main one from 2026: Alpine Milk-vetch Astragalus alpinus high up in the Scottish mountains in late July. Dreamy stuff in a big landscape. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Presumed form helice Clouded Yellow at Northney, Hayling Island, Hampshire this morning.

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Aliens have been found in Hampshire! They were all star-thistles (attractive, non-invasive plants) and were recorded by @trisnorton.bsky.social in an arable field. Read the press release: bsbi.org/about/news/p... Dive deep into the full story: bsbi.org/blog/2026/09...

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

September is a great time for finding arable plants. Dwarf Spurge Euphorbia exigua, Small Toadflax Chaenorhinum minus, Round-leaved Fluellen Kickxia spuria, and Field Madder Sherardia arvensis all blooming locally. Central Hampshire chalklands. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Creeping Marshwort Helosciadum repens putting on a great display at an introduction site near Hinksey, Oxfordshire yesterday. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis, Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, and Hoary Ragwort Jacobaea erucifolia. Yarnton, Oxfordshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Clouded Yellow on rayed Common Knapweed. One of many flitting around a meadow at Yarnton, Oxfordshire.

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Still a few Great Burnet Sanguisorba officinalis to be seen today. Very frequent on several meadows around Oxford. Not a common plant here in Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Necrobotany today, with a peek at Downy Woundwort Stachys germanica in Oxfordshire. A fair few young plants seen as well as this year's finished stems. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

More Pepper-saxifrage Silaum silaus than I've ever seen today, dotting the extensive floodplain meadows of the Thames/Isis at Yarnton and Hinksey, Oxfordshire. A bit of rain has triggered lots of growth following a hay cut. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Port Meadow, Oxford again. Sheets of Strawberry Clover Trifolium fragiferum and, as expected, still flowering away happily. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

On ancient Port Meadow, Oxford. There's lots of Fiddle Dock Rumex pulcher there, easily spotted as it looks such a tangled, branchy mess. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A fun day off mooching on the magnificent Thames floodplain meadows around Oxford. Marsh Dock Rumex palustris in abundance and looking fab. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Small-flowered Cranesbill Geranium pusillum on a local arable field today. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Round-leaved Fluellen Kickxia spuria having a second coming on the local fields. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis and Dense-flowered Fumitory Fumaria densiflora. I think this is the first time I've ever seen an insect visiting a Fumaria flower. Central Hampshire today. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Lots of Small Toadflax Chaenorhinum minus on the local arable margins today. Definitely benefitting from a week of rainfall. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

My only contender for #wildflowerhour #fruits challenge is Wild Service Tree Sorbus torminalis, seen yesterday on the edge of the Hamble, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A solitary flower on one of hundreds of Marsh-mallows Althaea officinalis seen today along the River Hamble, Hampshire. Growing just under the woodland edge, behind a fringe of Scirpus maritimus. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Wow. Watching this EGYPTIAN NIGHTJAR sat outside Roger Riddington’s house at Virkie, Shetland. What a bird! #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

No sign of thr Queen of Spain Fritillary again today, but butterfly interest continued with a few Clouded Yellows, lots of Common Blues, and lots of Small Whites. Central Hampshire.

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